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Lynbrook High School is one out of 155 schools statewide to be recognized as a Reward School by the New York State Education Department.
Lynbrook High School earns Reward School recognition
Lynbrook High School was recently recognized as a Reward School by the New York State Education Department for its continued high academic performance among students. more
Former Assemblyman Tom McEvitt now serves as a Nassau County Legislator. A special election will be held to fill his vacant Assembly seat on April 24.
Special election set for McKevitt's Assembly seat
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced a special election to fill a number of vacant State Senate and Assembly seats, including that of former Assemblyman Tom McKevitt, who left the Assembly to serve in the Nassau County Legislature last year. more
Matilda Cuomo, front, third from right, visited East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School on Dec. 13 to speak with participants in the school’s new mentor program.
New York State Mentoring Program expands to East Rockaway
As the First Lady of New York in 1983, Matilda Cuomo wanted to create a state program in which children facing hardships are paired with a mentor who would support them. But before her husband, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, implemented the program, Matilda wanted to test out the idea herself as a mentor to a girl, Ellie Delgado, who had anger problems and was considering dropping out of school to return to Puerto Rico where she would get a job as a prostitute. more
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FBI agents combed through the woods between Merrick and Freeport, apparently in search of a body.
Police, FBI investigate human remains found in Freeport-Merrick woods
Authorities reportedly discovered human remains in the woods between Freeport and Merrick on Saturday morning. more
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The Long Island Association, in conjunction with Stony Brook University's Advanced Energy Research Center, the Gershow Recycling Corporation and Deepwater Wind, hosted a tour last Wednesday of the wind farm recently constructed three miles off the Block Island coastline. At center, in yellow, was LIA Board of Directors member Katherine Heaviside.
The future is blowing in the wind
New York officials say they hope to generate half of the state’s power from renewable sources by 2030. To meet this goal, officials are looking to the recently constructed Block Island offshore wind farm as a model for how renewable energy can power whole communities. more
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Judi Croutier and Crystal Dunn
Three South Siders honored in NYS High School Girls Hall of Fame
Of the 18 honorees inducted into the New York State High School Girls Soccer Hall of Fame earlier this month, three of them once reigned at South Side High School, helping to build the avid soccer culture that exists in Rockville Centre. more
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Firefighters participated in the New York State Old Fashioned Drill in early August.
1,000 firefighters expected at drill competition, parade
Fifty fire departments and more than 1,000 volunteer firefighters throughout New York state are expected to compete in the annual New York State Championship Drill, which is being hosted by the West Hempstead and Hempstead Fire Departments and will take place Saturday, Aug. 19 at the Chief Brian Fahey Training Facility on Weir Street in Hempstead. more
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Freeport’s Dead End Kids took first place in the Running Ladder competition, during last Friday’s New York State Old Fashioned Championship tournament hosted in Baldwin.
Freeport F.D. smokes the competition
The Freeport Dead End Kids drill team came out on top at the New York State Old-Fashioned Championship firefighting tournament in Baldwin last Friday. It was the second straight year that Freeport … more
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A Hicksville man was killed early Saturday morning when his motorcycle collided with the rear of another vehicle on the Meadowbrook Parkway, north of Exit M6.
Motorcyclist killed on Meadowbrook in N. Merrick
A Hicksville man was killed early Saturday morning when his motorcycle collided with the rear of another vehicle on the Meadowbrook Parkway, north of Exit M6. more
State Department of Transportation workers discovered bags of animal remains on the ramp to the westbound Southern State Parkway at Exit 17.
Animal parts found on Southern State Parkway ramp
New York State Troopers closed the Southern State Parkway’s westbound entrance at Exit 17 on July 26 after bags containing a "foul smell" were discovered by Department of Transportation workers. … more
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